Publications

Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts

Forthcoming (2020) is a chapter in Routledge’s Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts (eds. Alessandro Bertinetto; Marcello Ruta). I am contributing reflections on music improvisation and the inspirational fragmented texts by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, specifically leaning on ideas from his rather incredible, posthumously published “Livro do Desassossego / The Book of Disquiet” (Penguin Random House, UK, ed and translated by Richard Zenith, 2001998/2015). My chapter investigates the notion of multiplicities in music improvisation. The chapter is entitled “Manyness in Music Improvisation –Fernando Pessoa’s multiplicities, his differing selves examined in the practice of music improvisation”.

In July 2017 saxophonist and improviser Evan Parker led a group of improvisers to explore the acoustics and resonances of several derelict sites in and around the city of Viseu, Portugal. The event took place as part of the Jardins Efémeros Festival. After two days of workshops and playing sessions, Franziska Schroeder interviewed Evan about his own journey as an improvisers and on his thoughts on ‘free improvisation’.
This is the result of a 50mins talk between Evan and Franziska.

Schroeder, F. (December 2016). Museum City – Improvisation and the narratives of space. Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology, Volume 21, Number 3. Issue on ‘Sound and Narrative’. Available through Organised Sound.